Short Discourses to be Read in Families, Volume 2Oliver D. Cooke; Peter B. Gleason & Company printers, 1812 - Devotional literature |
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... circumstances - and you will find that he has rest . He is freed from those anxieties and disquietudes which devour others , who make the world their por- tion , and have no confidence in God . - But the world is not his portion ; he ...
... circumstances - and you will find that he has rest . He is freed from those anxieties and disquietudes which devour others , who make the world their por- tion , and have no confidence in God . - But the world is not his portion ; he ...
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... circumstances to revive it ? With what freshness and force , have things long forgotten , spung up in the memory , when recalled by occurren- ces ? Thus all the history of man will hereafter be re- traced .... re - traced , in order to ...
... circumstances to revive it ? With what freshness and force , have things long forgotten , spung up in the memory , when recalled by occurren- ces ? Thus all the history of man will hereafter be re- traced .... re - traced , in order to ...
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... circumstances . II . Shew what use we should make of our ignorance . And , III . Search for something to satisfy and comfort us under all our suspension and uncertainty . - I. Though the endowments which distinguished the apostles ...
... circumstances . II . Shew what use we should make of our ignorance . And , III . Search for something to satisfy and comfort us under all our suspension and uncertainty . - I. Though the endowments which distinguished the apostles ...
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... circumstances may the members of it assemble together on the return of this day ! The wife may be seen in widowed weeds ! The children may appear fatherless orphans ! The sister may say , alas ! my brother ! Let us , II . Shew what use ...
... circumstances may the members of it assemble together on the return of this day ! The wife may be seen in widowed weeds ! The children may appear fatherless orphans ! The sister may say , alas ! my brother ! Let us , II . Shew what use ...
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... circumstances , that we have been compelled to new model it , or to abandon it altogether ? " Let no man deceive himself . If any man among you " seemeth to be wise in this world , let him become a " fool , that he may be wise . For the ...
... circumstances , that we have been compelled to new model it , or to abandon it altogether ? " Let no man deceive himself . If any man among you " seemeth to be wise in this world , let him become a " fool , that he may be wise . For the ...
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Adoni-bezek afflictions Ahab appear art the guide behold believe Bezek blessed body brethren Canaan chariot of fire christian cometh comfort consider David death desire despise disciples DISCOURSE divine grace duty earth Egypt enemies enter eternal everlasting evil eyes faith Father favor fear feel fellow creatures flesh friends give glory godliness goeth gospel hand happiness hath hear heart heaven Hence holy holy spirit honor hope idolatry Israel Jesus Christ Jews king kingdom kingdom of God labor live mercy mind Nehemiah ness never Onesimus pass peace praise pray prayer promise reason receive rection rejoice religion remember render repentance rich righteous salvation says the apostle scripture Secondly seek servants shew sinner sins soul spirit suffer sure thee thine things thou art thou hast tion truth vanity vile body walk Wherefore wilt thou word yourselves
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Page 3 - Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
Page 151 - Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither : for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Page 266 - For Tophet is ordained of old ; Yea, for the king it is prepared ; He hath made it deep and large: The pile thereof is fire and much wood ; The breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Page 255 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Page 171 - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Page 203 - LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty : Neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
Page 215 - And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing ; nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee ; but if not, it shall not be so.
Page 246 - By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; for he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Page 183 - And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
Page 221 - And he said, Thou canst not see my face : for there shall no man see me, and live.